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RE: The Greatest SCAM you have never heard of.
Very interesting story... although I find myself pondering the validity of calling it a "scam." Nobody was actually harmed here... people got to park in an organized place for a nominal fee. The farmer's land clearly wasn't being used, so he didn't lose valuable crops. One of the theme park's problems was actually solved... so it looks a lot like a "victimless crime" to me...
I mean they could have done it for free tbh
I would say the same thing!
Totally agree.
It was the tax-inspector who called it a "scam".
They way they looked at it was - the land was not his ,so it was trespassing.
He was profiting off the theme park.
And he avoided tax - a serious crime considering the amount of money he made.
I forgot to mention that this happendd about 30 years ago so I should imagine the value of that $1,260,000 would be a lot more if it was today,
My intention with this story was to challenge the idea of what is actually a scam - as you pointed out, who actually got hurt here. If they had caught the guy and gone to prison, ten in m view that would have been the crime. Thus highlighting that some of our laws are not morally sound.